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Employees: 3,630
Size Prima Meat Packers,Ltd (2281.T) is a Japan Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $724M, the 882nd largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,271 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.9%, against -4.4% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 1.8% (peer median 2.4%).
Valuation It trades at 12.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.5× (5th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ¥488B | ¥476B | ¥458B | ¥448B | ¥431B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +2% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | ¥53.0B | ¥52.6B | ¥48.5B | ¥50.1B | ¥47.8B |
| EBITDA | ¥20.0B | ¥21.0B | ¥20.6B | ¥23.2B | ¥20.9B |
| Net income | ¥4.51B | ¥4.59B | ¥7.08B | ¥7.49B | ¥4.50B |
| Free cash flow | ¥12.3B | ¥9.60B | ¥5.06B | ¥12.1B | -¥6.47B |
| Capital expenditure | ¥15.6B | ¥17.4B | ¥12.5B | ¥18.4B | ¥20.7B |
| Total debt | ¥19.3B | ¥19.9B | ¥22.1B | ¥21.7B | ¥25.4B |
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| Measure | 2281.T | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | 0.0% | +0.8% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -8.9% | -4.4% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.5% | -24.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.8% | +3.8% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 2.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.8× | 27.5× | 5th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -1.2% | 14.7% | 3rd least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.9% | +9.0% | 3rd lowest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.0 pp | +2.1 pp | 5th least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.0 pp | -3.1 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.3× | 3.3× | 4th least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prima Meat Packers,Ltd 2281.T | Japan | $724M | -9% | +5% | 2% | 12.8× | -1.2% | +1.9% |
| Beingmate 002570.SZ | China | $680M | -16% | -4% | 3% | 28.3× | 11.8% | +0.8% |
| Mama's Creations MAMA | United States | $632M | +2% | +54% | 5% | 46.4× | 17.6% | +33.3% |
| Dodla Dairy DODLA.NS | India | $625M | -14% | +17% | 4% | 28.6× | 33.7% | +16.2% |
| Savencia SAVE.PA | France | $871M | -11% | -2% | 3% | 5.4× | -3.8% | +6.2% |
| Hilton Food HFG.L | United Kingdom | $889M | +39% | +7% | 1% | 14.1× | 18.5% | +8.7% |
| Hunan New Wellful 600975.SS | China | $902M | -14% | -14% | -33% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Starzen 8043.T | Japan | $574M | +36% | +4% | 2% | 9.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Huaying Agricultural Development 002321.SZ | China | $569M | -16% | +24% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Australian Agricultural AAC.AX | Australia | $553M | +2% | +9% | -47% | 94.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Kwality Walls (India) KWIL.NS | India | $950M | +32% | n/a | -13% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products 002840.SZ | China | $957M | -37% | -16% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Sanyuan Foods 600429.SS | China | $973M | -29% | 0% | -1% | 23.4× | 24.8% | -2.8% |
| High Liner Foods HLF.TO | Canada | $536M | +91% | +14% | 5% | 8.7× | 3.5% | +5.3% |
| Masoval AS MAS.OL | Norway | $508M | +16% | -1% | 4% | 45.6× | 28.2% | +22.3% |
| HUANLEJIA Food 300997.SZ | China | $1.06B | -17% | +4% | 7% | 54.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jinzi Ham 002515.SZ | China | $1.06B | -15% | -2% | -11% | 277.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Binggrae 005180.KS | South Korea | $472M | +9% | +4% | 9% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Terun Dairy 600419.SS | China | $465M | +2% | +5% | 5% | 26.8× | -4.3% | +9.4% |
| Umios 1333.T | Japan | $1.14B | -10% | +3% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NewPrinces NWL.MI | Italy | $1.16B | +40% | +81% | 1% | n/a | 0.6% | +44.5% |